Parippu Chaaru (Curry)
I should stick to my new year resolution at least for a week right ;) ? This parippu (dal) curry is a typical Kerala dish. It’s one of the main dishes of Onasadhya as well. We call it “parippu chaaru” at home. If there is parippu chaaru, ghee and pappad, it’s almost like a mini sadya for me. I just love the smell of ghee drizzled over parippu, it increases my appetite beyond limits. Usually I don’t eat much rice, but with this I wouldn’t even mind a 2nd or 3rd helping :) Actually back home if parippu chaaru is made for lunch, extra rice will be made, since everybody tends to have more servings of rice with this. (see am not the only guilty person here ;) )
I’m happy to send this dish for FIC- Yellow, hosted by Sunshinemom. Food in colours is a unique event started by Sunshinemom of TongueTicklers. This event celebrates food with a different colour each month. This month’s colour is Yellow and here goes my yellow beauty :)
- Cheruparippu (moong dal) – 100 gm (approximately 1 cup)
- Grated coconut – half of one coconut
Jeera – 1/2 tsp
Green chilli – 2-3
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp - Ghee/coconut oil – 2-3 tsp
- Water – 1/2 ltr
- Small onion – 3-4
Mustard seeds – a pinch
Red chilli – 2
Curry leaves - Salt
Grind together number 2 ingredients. Roast the moong dal in a heavy bottomed pan (without oil). Boil half a litre water and add the roasted dal to this. Cook till the dal is done. Mash it well or you can just run it in a food processor or blender for a few seconds. Add ground paste, salt and 1/2 – 1 cup water to the mashed dal and let it boil. Remove from heat.
Heat oil/ghee in another pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add small onion, curry leaves and red chilli. Fry till small onion becomes golden brown. Pour over cooked dal. Serve with rice and pappad, wait… don’t start eating… drizzle some ghee on the curry, now you are ready to eat :)
Notes: I recommend using ghee for this recipe.
Other Onam/Kerala veg recipes:
Source: Vanitha
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maria, i really dont know how to thank you for coming up with such a site. i’ve been googling for the past 1 month for a good recipe site. either they have very sophisticated dishes or the ones they have are’nt tasty. i was a person who hated cooking till i came across your site 4 days back. i decided to give parippu curry a try and being a beginner i was so happy to see that it turned out to be very delicious. i must thank you for presenting recipes in such a simple manner. it made me feel that cooking also can be interesting. and the pictures are also very tempting. please post the recipe for making soft and fluffy idli’s too. by the way i came to your site through anitta’s so a big thanks to her too
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Maria
Reply: on March 16th, 2010 at 8:50 amHi Sarah,
Thanks a ton dear for such a lovely comment :). Glad to know that you like the recipes here and parippu curry is one of my all time fav :)
All the best!
I will try to send you the idli recipe sometime.
Cheers
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Thanks a million Maria for this recipe. Honestly Iam not too much into cooking. But as of now I have your recipe for “nadan beef curry” and its on the stove cooking.(.not the paper the beef curry..:-). So you can guess my menu for lunch apparently seems to be parippu curry, beef olethiyedhe, pappadam, beetroot thoran and Rice. How does that sound?!
Thank you so much for the painstaking work.
And making someone like me to cook. !
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Maria
Reply: on May 30th, 2010 at 5:42 pmHi Mini,
Thanks for dropping by. Your lunch menu sounds awesome, its a feast!
Really glad that you like the recipes here. Thanks again :)
Cheers
Maria
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Hi Maria,
Thanks a lot for ur delicious recipes.Last day i madepavaka kichadi,and it comes out well.One doubt in making parippu curry is that before roasting dal, it should be washed or not.
Hopefully waiting for ur reply.
bye
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Maria
Reply: on June 7th, 2010 at 1:57 pmHi Sheaba,
You are welcome :)
The parippu I get here is very neat & clean, hence I dont usually wash it.
Cheers
Maria
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Hi Maria,
Your receipes are very tasty, when i am reading the receipes i got water on my mouth. I am in Saudi, self cooking basically a tamilian, my roommate is Keralite. Searched for kerala receipes and found mariasmenu. My friend loves all the receipes. Thanks once again.
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Maria
Reply: on July 21st, 2010 at 6:59 amHi Abdul,
Thank you for the comment.
Please do try out the recipes when you have time, I hope you will like it.
Cheers
Maria
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Dear Maria,
Roughly for how many minutes do i have to fry the moong dhal for making parippu curry.
Please reply.
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Maria
Reply: on August 5th, 2010 at 11:11 amDear Priya,
Fry the moong dal till its hot to touch by hands, it takes around 3-4 mins on low flame. Do give it a stir in between to avoid burning it :)
Cheers
Maria
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Priya Jagadish
Reply: on August 5th, 2010 at 12:18 pmThanks for the reply!!!!!!
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